10 Hidden Secrets in Dark Souls, Bloodborne, Sekiro and Demon's Souls

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[@VaatiVidya]

If you end up buying the Displate design, I would love if you tweeted at me with a picture of it hanging in your home. Would make us really happy to see people finally enjoying it.

[@nerusskyhigh]

Will it ever ship to Italy?

[@Zassgaming4life]

i literally paused the video 20s in to buy it

[@Mojavekight17]

The discount is awesome but it's so beautiful that is worth it in full price 😍

[@aosasorii1722]

Will this still be available to buy at later dates? Because I am currently not residing in my home and I want to order it after I get back.

[@rhysjonsmusic]

Will it ship to the uk?

[@Redbeardblondie]

Speaking of Dogen’s hypocrisy; has no one talked about the fact that his prosthetic relies on spirit emblems?? You know, those paper dolls that “harbor the souls of the dead”?

[@azmakes321]

holy shit yeah now it clicked why Dojen called him a hypocrite

[@Sensko]

Good point, seeing as accumulating the pain and regret of the dead was what drove the Sculptor towards Shura to begin with.

[@Cergun_]

I never actually thought about that

[@ClaudioTheCrowing109]

good find!

[@AshlynOne]

That is a really good catch.

[@Nightchade]

"The setting of the Sun was delayed, a wound cuts deeper into humanity" - This is a direct reference to the Linking of the Fire, which caused the Age to extend well beyond it's natural end, and the undead curse, which grows worse over time, and seeps Humanity.

[@MaxMustermann-nl2mk]

Exactly what I've been thinking, even the mention of a setting sun makes sense, since after the sun sets the age of darkness/humanity/deep sea would've begun

[@Sekooma]

This is it, surprised Vaati missed it.

[@missacidkitty86]

I bet he didn’t actually miss it and he let us come to that on our own :”)

[@michaelbootes4822]

Bystander I’m thinking this is one of those medical Zebra situations. Where a doctor sees symptoms and assigns them to a rare condition(zebra) instead of a common one(horse). In this case 90% of souls lore is one hell of a zebra requiring insane levels of details and scouring to find so when a horse is dropped in his lap like this one he started looking for stripes.

[@nirdram8549]

Yeah, no idea how Vaati completely missed his mark on such an easy reference.

[@RTGame]

Ordered a displate poster, can't wait to get it!

[@sesawter4999]

Rt here too

[@malemand9288]

Rt!

[@amonymus8712]

I love how they look, but they’re so small and so expensive

[@CapsLockKeyon]

Hey! You've had the piece for 6 months at this point, I'm curious, did you get gloss or matte and what were your thoughts on the choice you made? I can't decide.

[@Despayeetomyguy]

Ayo RT watches this man Crazy!

[@wuztron]

IMHO, the "the setting of the sun was delayed" is a reference to the unnatural extension of the age of fire.

[@FenHin44]

Agree. And that bring deeper wounds to the humanity

[@32Rats]

Yeah I was thinking that too, especially considering that it was discovered in ds3

[@shadowbrain4814]

That just makes me think that going Hollow can be seen as an extreme form of sleep deprivation.

[@heroboo4418]

@@shadowbrain4814 The Russian sleep experiment patiens were hollows, now this creepypasta makes sense, its all a Dark Souls reference.

[@ripritchard6928]

And the “wound” is likely the darksign placed onto man

[@atijohn8135]

71: If you beat Dark Souls with a pendant as a starting gift using only the hilt you get at the start, you will see Elden Ring gameplay

[@NatetheNerdy]

My cousin did this once! It's true, I saw it!

[@onatkalkan4907]

You also need to be sl1 and be cursed as soon as possible as well as have (using a mod) have the calamity ring

[@johntravolta8494]

OMG what!?!? I'm not even trying

[@NarffetWerlz]

Lies. I wound up in Skyrim, and I've never even bought _or_ played that game before.

[@AS_974]

ZeroLenny: "Challenge accepted"

[@Antichupius]

Me: going hollow because no Elden Ring today. Vaati: publishes video Me: “Humanity Restored”.

[@randomsandwichian]

Also Vaati: 70 secrets Me: *PRAISE THE SUN!!!!* \[t]/

[@RealRaslu]

With you on that one dude.

[@satansify.]

lmao XD

[@thelaughingrouge]

\[T]/

[@cheeseymacky7061]

\[T]/

[@Erickhetfield]

" The setting of the sun was delayed a wound cuts deep into humanity" My interpretation is different and more simplistic: The sunset is the time when the light of the sun gives way to dark. In DS, the flame fading is the sunset. The delay was the sin of Gwyn, preventing the light to extinguish. The result was the eternal torment of mankind. Like a wound that never heals.

[@jejeheehheh4616]

Just what i was thinking But maybe becuz its a sword from astora then we should relate it to its homeland

[@d.k.o.9751]

again.... it is a hoax, that is not what is written on he hilt at all.

[@LadyGameshine]

@@d.k.o.9751 then what is written?

[@GodTyr]

@@d.k.o.9751 source?

[@mshtysf4646]

what shattered wasnt the sun but the elder ring holding the sun in place

[@Heimgestein]

Vaati: After all this time? Demon's Souls: Always.

[@cheesecheese4715]

Nice HP reference

[@eisenstahl]

@@cheesecheese4715 Harry Potter Lovecraft

[@inviziblealmsivi8286]

I love that messenger tipping his top hat on the painting merch thing.

[@eugenerevaula3874]

M'aria

[@deebles4082]

@@eugenerevaula3874 Underated

[@AshlynOne]

@@eugenerevaula3874 Lmfao. I came here to make that joke but you beat me to it.

[@iamthemonkeynudist]

let them revel as babes

[@alduinthetyrant5225]

I like seeing the ship masts from the nightmare.

[@mossbag69]

4:25-5:30 I completely understand this sentiment.

[@woweewowee452]

Hi dad

[@kirin6544]

Boy oh boy the masters of lore meet once again

[@hunterofhunters1326]

Mossbag I love you mate

[@sesawter4999]

ah to god of lore

[@laundrybasketgamers]

Moss bag? What are you doing here!

[@jb0258]

"You have a heart of gold. Don't let them take it from you." Love how you always keep Soulsborne content new and exciting. Even after all these years, you continue to teach us things we've never heard of... Thank you, Vatti!

[@giggleanthropisticon7061]

I have no idea who you are, I just bait-clicked your video, and I just instantly ordered a large, framed version of that maculate, beautiful piece of DS artwork you guys made. Bravo

[@VaatiVidya]

Haha thanks, hope you stick around

[@heydeez5715]

Udk who vaati is??? bro have u never searched for souls lore?

[@lordlidl6713]

12:27 "the setting of the sun was delayed"= Gwyn prolongs the age of fire "a wound cuts deeper into humanity"= by prolonging the age of fire Gwyn denies the age of humanity and curses humanity with the curse on top of that.

[@snowandmusic]

Wait, if that was the case then doesn't that mean that Astoran's KNEW about Gwyn linking the fire? so the Astoran's came to even engrave this information into their swords, as if they were silently trying to spread knowledge, right? Correct me if I'm wrong but could it be that Astora's ruin was a way of silencing them forever?

[@Zadamanim]

@@snowandmusic It sounds to me like Astora were humans that worshiped the gods. Im sure a knight like Solaire would gladly sacrafice himself to extend the age of the gods, in service of the lord of sunlight. Perhaps on the other hand, Solaire wad a traitor to Astora, seeking instead to abandon the Lord of Sunlight and "find his own sun." The rest of Astora was sacraficed, while Solaire was the lone survivor.

[@osurpless]

Snow and Music Possibly, but the ruin is said to have been caused by the Soulfeeder/creature mentioned on the Ring of the Evil Eye. Regardless, the beast was eventually killed, so as there were survivors (many individuals throughout the trilogy) seemed like an odd way to silence a nation. I also seem to recall something about Ludleth of Courtland having something to do with the Soulfeeder, but his wiki entry doesn’t mention it. Can anyone clarify?

[@Hangman-yq5uh]

@@osurpless it could be a euphemism for the undead curse, what with the red eyes of the hollows in ds1. I'd say their eyes are pretty evil looking.

[@lordlidl6713]

@@snowandmusic Could be that kingdom's who doubted the gods "coincidentally" got the undead curse.

[@cosmicsoulslegion5058]

The runes on the Astora Sword could be a reference to Gwyn's sin of not letting the flame die out. The setting of the sun is meant to be the end of the era of the gods and therefore the beginning of the era of men. By sacrificing to the First Flame Gwyn (the Sun of the era of gods) delayed the coming of the Dark Age. The wound cutting into humanity is the curse that got inflicted by this sin and the suffering humans must endure from it.

[@osurpless]

Carlub The curse was caused by the branding of Humanity by Gywn in ancient times, either during or after the War with the Ancient Dragons. So regardless of when, it’s long before the rubbish about linking the flame claim was spread as any kind of solution to the undead curse.

[@osurpless]

Carlub Humanity is not in the same form (a fleeting form) as in the beginning of Dark Souls, yet they were still called that, as the Locusts and several other characters mention throughout the Ringed City DLC. Also, the Furtive Pygmy as more than an individual who claimed the Dark Soul is kind of ambiguous after Part I, as while an ancestor of humanity, the direct descendants in the Pygmy royalty were granted the Ringed City shortly after the War as a “reward”. And yet, the guards within are branded (Seal of Fire) like humanity, so we can surmise they themselves are humans, and have a similar stature. It’s an odd jumble indeed.

[@jafaral-z1090]

@Carlub a metaphor for how humans would build a new kingdom, yes, but the fire being rekindled is considered a blessing so the runes on the astora straight sword make no sense- because they still believe in rekindling which confuses me because I made the same observation

[@jafaral-z1090]

@Carlub it definitely has the potential to be, I guess there were some people who despised the gods or didn't believe they cared, but I feel like such an insightful person would be an npc to show this clearly, like the dark serpent (forgot his name, kingseeker Manus?) but less malevolent- by ds 2 we already knew that the fire was bad and that it feeds the cycle surely not just the bearer of the curse realised this

[@miruthunkannan3872]

The guardian ape from Sekiro greatly resembles the bloodletting beast from Bloodborne, it's like it's a white version of it. It even has the scar on its face, two variants(headed and headless), the centipede inside and it poisons.

[@BeRad117]

"The setting of the sun was delayed, a wound cuts deeper into humanity" I'd say this is an acknowledgment of a refusal to let the age of darkness begin and that's interpenetrated as a continued and acknowledged attack against age of darkness in the associated form of 'Humanity'.

[@georgiosgiannoukas3319]

I'm pretty sure "The setting of the sun was delayed, a wound cuts deeper into humanity" just talks about how the age of fire has been forcefully perpetuated. "The setting of the sun" meaning the end of the age of fire and "the wound cuts deeper into humanity" meaning humanity suffers more and more with each cycle as they can't enter the age of dark because they keep linking the fire.

[@FFKorMax]

"The setting of the sun" is literally what we see in the endgame also

[@joeearley6467]

Yeah I thought that was really obvious, I was confused when started saying something else

[@caydegodson]

Solair also goes into a depressed state in dark souls 1 if you save him or "stop his sun from setting" (when you kill him he says something like "my sun is setting")

[@doubleperson1995]

Quite fitting if you ask me. The very first friend we encounter in a Dark souls game, could be referencing the last of our enemies on the final Dark souls game (Ringed knights). Since there is a literal wound cut deep into humanity, the first of our kind, into the pigmies. Those who bear the fire seal cast in their carved in chest have a wound that will not heal, for it was never meant for it to heal.

[@snawsomesauce2866]

This seems like the most likely answer but honestly I'm not 100% convinced, because from what we've seen it seems like Astora was a place that wholeheartedly worshiped the gods and believed in linking the fire. Maybe it was made after the fall of the kingdom? I could see Astorans becoming disillusioned

[@thefunkyfish5640]

A moment of silence for the 900+ other people who attended that entire livestream in hope of some Elden Ring news. At least we got a vaati video to reduce the hollowing.

[@DrRAZI99]

Is there any news about the game ?!

[@thefunkyfish5640]

@@DrRAZI99 Hahahahahahhaha no *sobs*

[@Vengeful_Void666]

Hahaha why should they show elden ring?

[@DraxonTehWarrior]

Condensed_ Suffering Maati Movie :,)

[@shmekelfreckles8157]

@@Vengeful_Void666 Bandai Namco was going to show something, people hoped it will be ER

[@SwordSaintOnion]

You will never not get a like from me Vaati. You're the best.

[@chron9725]

Illusory wall is really interesting to watch, he found so much NEW information about souls games after almost 10 years after game release that it completely blew my mind. Glad that Vaati noticed him.

[@ASmartNameForMe]

"There are 70 secrets here" Jesus and here I thought we found every speck of dust waiting for elden ring "But 60 of them are here in this merch" There are still 10? Wow

[@KapitanPazur1]

>Its ok to clickbait as long as its Vaati because fanboys are way too dumb to care about channel succumbing to rot Point taken.

[@ASmartNameForMe]

@@KapitanPazur1 well he changed the title and thumbnail in fairness, and as for rotting I feel like waiting for elden ring EVERYONE is rotting

[@koncentra5767]

@@KapitanPazur1 youre acting as if he killed someone lmao. he just lied in a title, which he later corrected.

[@Crisamandroid]

Me: "I have so much work to do. I have papers to grade, I have to prepare today's class. Can't get distracted." *Vaati uploads a video Me: "Son of a bitch, I'm in."

[@pillbox2235]

Grade your students well

[@mybolzitch7043]

Give your students the grades they deserve

[@missacidkitty86]

Make them play dark souls and write a short story summary for extra cred.

[@DnVFMVs]

Just fail all of then like how my professor did us

[@tuxedomask3483]

As a fellow lecturer: mood.

[@alexandreandrade5365]

With the restored Capra shortcut, it's worth noticing that Lautrec's resting position now makes sense, since he's right in front of one of the bridge's column.

[@Spike2276]

Vaati i've never felt sadder for not being able to spend money, that poster is an awesome piece, does it have a limited print run?

[@noahkirkland5844]

I don't think it's limited, but if you go to the site and use the code BDAY instead of the vaati code you'll get %30 instead of 20

[@badstick8972]

The Speaker I thought you died??

[@TheCaliforniaHP]

Damn I messed that up on timing. I should've seen this earlier.

[@mote906]

The traveler will tell you

[@wraithguard2088]

I wouldn’t waste my money, I bought the large edition with a “frame” and it’s horrible. Not a real frame, the image looks like a shitty image rip, worst $140 I’ve ever spent i can’t believe he partnered with this company

[@lemmonboy6459]

12:24 If you ask me the quote is talking about Gwyn continuing the age of fire and linking humanity to the rekindling of it. “The setting of the sun was delayed.” Gwyn prevented the age of Dark from overtaking the Age of Fire and caused a “wound” to cut deeper into humanity.

[@ryancarter9270]

I agree, but it's interesting because you would think that Astora would want to rekindle the fire. But then again, isn't there cut-content where Oscar seeks to become Lord of Hollows?

[@coldsteel1212thatpurpleash]

This exactly. Its referencing the fact that Gwyn cut deep into Humanity by delaying the inevitable end of the Age of Fire. This caused the Curse of the Darksign, the branding of humans into Undead. If Gwyn had simply let go and allowed the natural cycle to move forward, such a wound would've never been made upon humanity. This is further backed by all the fact that Gwyn marked the human knights with the darksign on their armor as well, a sign of perpetual servitude to the Gods of Anor Londo.

[@PhantomJavelin]

@@ryancarter9270 Well, in cut content Oscar does the opposite of whatever you want to do, so if you choose to become Lord of Hollows, he'll say... "So it was you. I had a feeling... I shall destroy you as fate has commanded me. Foolish pawn of Darkstalker Kaathe... and Fiendish Dark Lord." whereas if you chose to Link the Fire, he'll say... "I have waited for you, foolish slave of the Gods, and pawn of Frampt... I will kill you and become the true Dark Lord."

[@jackaruby4222]

r/EldenRing before the livestream: “OOOOOOOOOOHHHH ELDEN RING” r/EldenRing after the livestream: “NNNOOOOOOOOOO ELDEN RING”

[@Inabin]

What happened?

[@mattiacorsaro6689]

Why Are You Reading This why?? I didn’t see the livestream

[@Kigit42]

The text on the Astora Straight Sword at 12:30 reminds me of the fading of the First Flame, and Gwyn kindling it to keep it alive, delaying the setting of his radiant glory, his own sun. The wound being cut deeper into humanity, then, probably refers to, like you mentioned, the hollowing that comes after death, with the deep wound of losing someone you love being cut deeper as they new quite possibly can rise from the dead. I can only imagine how horrific that might be to witness.

[@mrpersonface7649]

I think everyone needs this right now, thank you

[@PerpetualNoob]

Kind of a clickbait title. I was ready for 70 more secrets (especially because they would have been so obscure). But the video itself was still fantastic. The depths these games have to their world building is astounding. 😃

[@nremac]

Yeah, I'm not buying the displate. I was excited for machine gun fire souls lore

[@dzzzzzt]

Yeah, same. I expected them to be small and yet I wanted to see them. Disappointed.

[@CoenW]

He edited it!

[@nremac]

@@CoenW Oh shit! I'm not mad that I was let down by the original title, but... I am disappointed :P

[@TigburtJones]

Vaati is just a vendor now

[@janarts8931]

I don't think this has lore implications, but: Have you ever noticed when fighting emma after staying loyal to Owl, that when you break her posture by goomba-stomping her and doing a deathblow from above, sekiro is 'very gentle' with her and lowers her head to the ground with care? The normal deathblow is famous for being quite merciless, I don't understand why there is this big thematic difference between the two

[@Nocturn4lAnim4L]

That is so weird, why would they take the effort to make a completely separate animation for her fight?

[@franciscodetonne4797]

He could still be human enough at that point to care enough about her? I guess? She has been an useful ally to him?

[@cannonfodder4000]

That's not the only "gentle deathblow" in the game in my opinion. Because similar deathblows happen to the Blazing Bull and the Eternal Dragon where Sekiro does kill them but more gently

[@cannonfodder4000]

@@franciscodetonne4797 I think youre right. it's a cool detail

[@dominiktoriska518]

@@cannonfodder4000 Another gentle deathblow is for the old lady in the ashina castle antchamber. In my opinion its because Sekiro has some kind of respect for them.

[@zachr928]

Vaati, if you consider the cut line of dialogue from if you kill the blood minister npc from where he says "It doesnt matter if I die, it's your night mare." That insinuates everywhere in blood borne is a dream just like the hunters dream, and like we saw from the cut second moon presence fight, where you assumed it may have been the moon presence's awake physical form, that would also if we did a bit of assuming mean that Ebrietas is asleep, and like the moon presence's dream "the hunters dream" keeps the old hunter trapped there. Ebrietas has their dream yarhnam. Which brings us to the next line, where he mentions everyone in the mud once Ebrietas awakes, meaning when they awake, the dream ends. This however would mean that the bloodminister npc at the start would have kinda been the only one aware of this, which leaves me to believe that it was cut to make the story at least a little less convoluted. But considering every other interaction with a great one in blood borne is in a dream... is it really such a stretch?

[@amittoibis]

Curse the fiends, their children too. And their children, forever, true.

[@charliericker274]

Bloodborn DLC best girl

[@klipk7296]

Splish, splash

[@abesphere5911]

Me after no Elden Ring Trailer

[@EntombedHusk]

Okay, mom.

[@DnVFMVs]

Mercy for the poor wizened child...

[@Bluecho4]

I love that Miyazaki is not just a D&D nerd, he's also a Magic: The Gathering nerd. Absolutely incredible.

[@BGorilla_96]

Don’t forget a Berserk nerd.

[@phrozac]

Why is that absolutely incredible? Lots of people are into those things. Doesn’t seem particularly notable.

[@heibergsalat7076]

This art piece is just amazing, the amount of details in one painting is just crazy! I'm just a little sad that it doesn't ship to europe - or anywhere outside the US really :c Btw my 5 favourite details (in no order) are: - The main Gate being a mimic - The Bloodbornisland birds with consealed eyes - The moonlight butterflies that rest/fly around the giant crystal lizard - which itself is part of the arcitecture - Also that everything is resting in a lordvessel which, in turn, is resting on very enormous roots - The Old One from demon's souls casually not-devouring the whole thing (might go for the bird dragons to the right tho)

[@edvard4068]

"The setting of the sun was delayed, a wound cuts deep into humanity" So for every linking of the fire, the wound becomes deeper towards humanity. So....The passage of time, dries the blood of humanity and in turn hurts the dark soul. Strangely poetic.

[@concretephill8509]

2:29 BOY THAT AINT A TAPIR.. *THATS A SPACE JOCKEY!*

[@citrus4419]

ConcretePhill ?

[@concretephill8509]

@@citrus4419 Good sir, Space-Jockey = Engineer Engineers = 'Prometheus' Aliens If you have seen Alien (Ridleyscott) it's that big alien on the derelict spacecraft

[@GenMVeers]

@@concretephill8509 Yeah, the being on the Derelict in *Alien* (1979) is called "the Space Jockey" in our real world. I am _pretty_ confident that Scott did _not_ know until *Prometheus* (2012) was being written, that it would "actually" 🙄 be an _'Engineer'..._

[@TamTroll]

To me, the austora straight sword text "the setting of the sun was delayed, the wound cuts deeper into humanity" sounds kind of like a summery of the entire dark souls story. The setting of the sun was delayed: The age of Dark was prevented by the kindling of the first flame. again and again the time for the fire to fade came, and again and again, it was pushed back. The wound cuts deeper into humanity: The age of dark is never allowed to come, humanity is born of the dark. the age of humanity is never allowed. With every kindling of the flame, more undead, more hollows appear. Delaying the age of dark is only making humanity suffer.

[@talonthetalent]

The Displate made me want to go and listen to the Majula theme. Even with just the few closeups, the references got me emotional. I especially loved seeing the hidden reference for the "Homeward" miracle, it just brings back memories of my first run of Dark Souls 2. (The first one I played)

[@etranablala9843]

I'm not even close to being a hardcore souls fan, but videos like this always amaze me. The fact that people still play and dig deep into a game that is nearly 10 years old and still manage to find something new and unexplored is incredible. What is even more incredible is the active comunity doing all of this together, like you pointed out at number 10: someone finds something, other guy catches up onto it and a week later the story unfolds. Just incredible

[@WalterWeight1]

Ordered it the second I saw the thumbnail! Keen to hang it for all too see. Awesome video too Vaati :)

[@EldenLord.]

Wow that Displate is incredible. Ordered the large one and cant wait for it to arrive here in Germany. Hopefully it wont be too long. :)

[@OfficialDisplate]

Thanks for the purchase, hope you'll love it ;)

[@Quotablenotables]

For those interested in having some more information before making a purchase, a Glossy finish will make the bright colours of such a piece really pop whereas a Matte finish would allow you to really take in the details and add to the depth of the piece. Many Displates benefit from one or the other but with this piece being so vibrant AND detailed there are merits to both. If you want to get the most mileage out of your money the most cost effective size to buy for the amount of surface area relative to the other sizes is Large. For such a detailed piece I would also recommend not going smaller than Large, unless of course only Medium fits within your budget. XL technically gives you the most surface area per dollar of the 3 but for the price increase between it and Large it provides diminishing returns in surface area per dollar compared to the jump between Medium and Large (L is an extra 7.25cm²/USD, L to XL is only an extra 3.45cm²/USD)(calculated with Canadian shipping, Matte finish and no Frame). Edit/Transparency: Planning to get a Large myself. lol

[@OfficialDisplate]

Thanks a lot for the comment, it felt as if meeting a helpful Sunbro here in the comment section :) Let us just add two things here - please mind that XL consists of 4 separate piece and it only comes in matte. Praise the Sun :D

[@Quotablenotables]

@@OfficialDisplate Never actually ordered an XL before, didn't know it was in separate pieces, good to know!

[@mindseyemusicreview]

I hoped the matte would allow a better viewing to see all those tiny details. I'm not one to really pick up things like this but I couldnt resist. This just looks so cool. I sprung for large

[@manuelmorenobecerril4878]

@@OfficialDisplate I just want to know which one has the best quality: the L or the XL, the matte or the gloss. I want this masterpiece to show all its details with the best quality possible, regardless of the price. I´d like to know too if it can be delivered to Spain (sorry for my questionable english) Thank you!!!!

[@christians.6685]

@VaatiVidya Im so really thankful for your Lore-videos!! I think we need you now more than ever!! You re always doing such a great Job explaining the lore and its quit joyful for me watching these while drawing Conceptart! Thanks alot man!

[@JyujinPlus]

9:09 “This New Horizon-“ *VaatiVidya Animal Crossing Lore confirmed*

[@nvrblabla]

I never buy fanmade artworks but i really love this piece because of all the small references! Instant buy for me and it will even be delivered around my birthday, best present to myself ever!!😁

[@shuny3914]

That Baku meaning is especially terrific because your "bad dreams" in the game may instead be the times that you've died, as you come back to life through them as if it never happened.

[@GRIMMDigitalFolklore]

Another excellent video! I had never considered the relation between Doujun's outfit and the elevator to Senpou until watching this video. Speaking of Dogen though, there is another connection that also suggest he was likely a monk. His discovery of the Divine Grass seems to reference a story about the Buddhist monk, Dogen Zenji. According to the tale, Dogen Zenji was gifted by the gods with the knowledge of a powerful herbal medicine known as Gedokugan while traveling in China. The Gedokugan was said to be a cure all and its divine origins seem to closely resemble the Divine Grass.

[@luigibalbi6575]

Hi vaati recently I read a curious theory about the child painter, "Aria", which says that she may be connected to the primordial serpents, due to her serpentine tracts like the eyes which look a lot like the ones that frampt and kaathe have. And also in the dialogue where she referrers to a Mother, with capitol letter, it's possible she is referring to a person who helds this name like a title (maybe Velka?) , like Father Ariandel or the Sister of the Sable church, so it's possible that the two people in the statue in both Ariamis and Ariandel may be velka and "Aria". If you see this I hope you haven't read this theory yet and thank you for your work Vaati. Ps sorry for bad english

[@luigibalbi6575]

@Ashley Lynn thx :)

[@knightaaron7]

i think that painted world is just that another world, in which you can somehow travel to and from, not just gael the clue i see is the quote " COME BACK WHENS YOU CAME, YURIA SURELY AWAITS THEE.....not only being a different entity but similar, to their version of a primordial serpent, lets be honest, how many cold snakes are there? ( the answer is none, so she covers up must keep warm and sit on table so your off the ground for more heat, the deeper you ascend the colder the world it seems hence their core is probably not warm to dwell. by all means i could be crazy. ( 100 deaths to frieda rip yuria why wont yee help me!!!!)

[@SebastianMichaelisDemonButler]

I'm not sure if this question has already been answered elsewhere, but for me it's an interesting theory.

[@cervixcrusader85]

What if Elden Ring is just Frodo Baggins ' drug trip from inhaling the fumes of The One Ring in Mount Doom?

[@davidhong1934]

Yo, dude! You got to try smoking a joint of pipe weed over the flaming mountain, bro!

[@ClockworkGearhead]

If Hidetaka Miyazaki is in charge, then I'll still play it.

[@caliden2]

I've been so close to buying merch each time you put something out, since the artists you contract are just so good... this was the one that finally got me to do it. This looks fantastic, in for a large.

[@irltopinambour6572]

Thanks for this awesome poster Vaati!!! It's incredibly polished and I thank everyone who worked on it.

[@javierguerrerorico9862]

“Less than 0.1 % of the people that play this game will discover that” Thats why we watch you vaati, you’re the messiah that brings true knowledge upon us.

[@mac1bc]

Agreed lol

[@joshi6696]

We’ve been blessed during this quarantine

[@travisg5416]

I had to pause the video and immediately go to the link in the description to buy one of those prints. Man those are beautiful. I have a few nice pieces of art hanging up but this will be the first video game related art I hang. Im a ridiculously huge demons/dark souls, bloodborne and sekiro fan so I can't wait for this to get here

[@MisteurBear]

Those arch trees/pillars look so good! Great job on the video!

[@MadAtreides1]

6:55 imagine being in the 90' and having these obscure things called "game manuals", filled with lore, arts and worldbuilding details. Imagine some of the going so in depth to actually calculate the mass, distance from the sun and atmosferic composition of the world where the story is taking place just to justify the climate you face ingame, imagine the game being called Alpha Centauri. Other games had similar in-depth worldbuilding and amazing manuals, like most Blizzard games back when they were the good guys. And in my opinion these were indeed Holy Bibles. A shame the industry has changed so much.

[@gallantgatsby8075]

Watched the stream where this was showed off, I hope to pick up the piece soon, it's so amazing. And has so many Easter eggs that we went through.

[@msief1553]

Just received my displate. Looks absolutely amazing!!! Thanks for all your hard work

[@LilliFychtner]

So now that Demon Souls PS5 has been announced.. what I‘m REALLY excited about are all these Vati videos about to come! 😍

[@SureGibson777]

Same!

[@liamace1107]

I never thought I would get clickbaited by Vaati

[@adaptivesolutions1821]

Just ordered my Displate. Large with black wood frame 🤘🏼

[@HearthguardHG]

Man that lordran layout video is incredibly good, one of the best I’ve ever seen on the series.

[@KillerTacos54]

Wow that print is absolutely badass. Also your new uploads bring me such genuine joy!

[@mrconnacht3017]

For me the "sun" on the astora straight sword referes to the Fire, its delayed setting refers to the kindling by Gwyn and the deeper wound on humanity refers to the undead curse that was created because of the delaying of the fading of the fire.

[@qurrywurst3915]

The painting looks like it's showing From Software Land

[@AnakinTheWeird]

If that were the case, there'd be Metal Wolf Chaos references.

[@morp9426]

You must be *this* hollow to ride the ride.

[@benedict6962]

Ah yes, the best kingdom hearts world

[@Koroar]

That painting is beautiful! Keep up the great work Vaati :) I know it must be hard to make videos at the moment but the work is appreciated.

[@valkordarkmoor9108]

Awesome work Vaati as always. Buying this for sure.

[@Vajrapani108]

"The setting of the sun was delayed, a wound cuts deeper into humanity" I think the line 'setting of sun was delayed' hints towards the linking of first the first flame and continuation of the age of fire. And the wound could be the undead curse, or even the delay in the age of darkness, which after all was supposed to be the age of mankind

[@baptistelasbats3952]

I would bet it's more tied to the Dark Sun (the emblem of the curse) raising in the sky in DS3 when the Fire really starts to be threatened

[@Vajrapani108]

@@baptistelasbats3952 I don't think why the dark sun would only be dangerous for humanity. If anything, it represents the weakening of the first flame. So technically it's good for humanity as it represents the age of darkness. Where as the age of fire is an age where humanity was oppressed, so the continuation of age of fire coupled with the undead curse is quite a wound inflicted on humanity

[@crispyfucca]

You knew that nothing would come from that Xbox stream so you prepared something to prevent us from going hollow, I see.

[@bravecolor1126]

Perfect timing

[@dragonhero9722]

Never bought KZbin merch, but damn all I wanna do is stare at that thing. Recently got into soulsborne and took a little break but it makes me want to play just so I get all the references. Love that tree.

[@darkrage1138]

at 14:30 that chuckle of joy at the amazing location detail, that happiness brings me life.

[@NotPork]

I've been thinking; What if Demon's/Dark Souls is just a Great One's nightmare within Bloodborne? Let's take a look at the similarities: Brought about by a powerful religious leader's pursuit of immortality Frozen in time and unchanging Deeper layers that go farther back in time Madness (FREE SPACE) Spacial anomalies (fishing hamlet, invisible bridges near seath) *The Abyss* But here's the kicker: Permanent day or night and regeneration-based immortality for all, not just for a chosen individual, both of which return to the natural cycle when a god-like entity is put to rest. The Old One from Demon's souls is a Great One, and the fuel source of the first flame. As long as it continues to burn, it stays asleep and therefore humanity is allowed to die.

[@nackskott12]

This definitely makes sense for Demons Souls and Bloodborne. Both of those games are heavily influenced by Lovecraft, and in his writings Azathoth is a “blind idiot god” that is responsible for dreaming up our universe, and if it were to wake up, our reality would vanish in an instant. Makes perfect sense when you consider the Old One in Demons Souls - a big, unintelligent being that is only a threat to humanity when it's awake. The equivalent in Bloodborne is Oedon. Azathoth is described as constantly shifting, and that it has no set appearance, and Oedon is supposedly “formless.” One thing I don't see mentioned though is how the Old Monk in Demons sounds like a potential reference to The King In Yellow, a collection of short horror stories that greatly inspired Lovecraft. Yellow was so prominent in The King In Yellow because the colour was classically linked to rot, decay and illness. If you think about how gold and yellow items are linked to Latria (the Gold Mask, Golden Garb etc), there's a lot of things you can read into.

[@Blackhawk211]

I think its the other way around. Bloodborne and Dark Souls are both dreams of The Great One from Demons souls. He does get lulled back to sleep at the end.

[@NotPork]

​@@Blackhawk211 It's possible, but Mergo, Orphan of Kos, and the moon presence seem to have much more influence over dreams, whereas The Old One kinda just makes demons. I'm sure soulsborne has an Azathoth equivalent though.

[@Blackhawk211]

@@NotPork Well the closest equivivent to actual Lovecraft entities is; The great one = Cthulhu Moon presense = Nyarlathotep And I guess Oedon could be Yog Sothoth due to the whole formless thing I dont think there is an Azathoth in Soulsborne Plus there is the notorious dual timeline theory that states that Demons souls was a catalyst from which (depending on the ending) either Dark souls or Bloodborne begins. If you lulled the Great one to sleep it leaves the world shrouded by fog. Which is how the Dark souls timeline begins. If you destroy the Great one, the magic of using Souls disapears, hundreds of years pass and people discover the children of the great one and with that, they discover the power and addiction of blood

[@NotPork]

​@@Blackhawk211 That actually makes sense. Once the old one is dead, other entities would probably have more power over the dreamlands, like how the moon presence's dream is weaponized to force the hunter to kill mergo

[@Blackhawk211]

Who is here after being disapointed there was no Elden ring on the Xbox stream?

[@SirusDiarota]

To be honest, it's something I doubt FROM'll drop in a small single platform show. If they're going to reveal it, it'll be at a larger tradeshow with a lot more buildup than just a tweet a week before it.

[@Blackhawk211]

@@SirusDiarota There are no upcoming shows as far as we know. The next one is only first party titles.

[@Fussfackel]

It'd be more likely to be revealed in a Sony event though. Maybe we'll hear more about a Demon's Souls Remastered soon I hope...

[@jakehosking7390]

@@Blackhawk211 IGN event in june, trailer for it has the trailer for elden ring in it

[@nickamodio721]

@@Fussfackel I would LOVE for there to be a Demon's Souls Remastered. It's the one souls game I never got to play and I unfortunately sold my ps3 years ago...

[@Glocktopus129]

Saw that painting and immediately bought it no questions asked! Looks so dope!!!

[@SomeoneIsAlwaysMovingOnTheSurf]

Hey I just want to say your videos are great, the way you talk and the pace really makes it immersive. And honestly I cannot imagine the Soulsborne universe without VaatiVidya, the soulsborne narrator!

[@ManuelKoegler]

Okay, have always been interested in displate but never pulled the trigger. This displate will be the one, it’s too freaking fantastic.

[@OfficialDisplate]

Hope you're gonna like it Manuel :)

[@hannesc.9823]

'I m so excited about it...' (the merch) - he says in the most dead voice ever xD

[@vladlarin4918]

Nice bro! You explained my feelings of the scale (tip of the iceberg feeling) perfectly. Great video!!!!

[@jeffreymaxson6216]

Ugh this painting was too beautiful to resist. XL is ordered!

[@josetomascamposrobledano4618]

It’s amazing how many things each of us already knew, just learned thanks to this video and have different ideas on how each thing happened. No other game has pulled us inside it’s world like the Souls games, even Sekiro, which is surprising considering it doesn’t have character creation!

[@justinholcomb5256]

The archstones in Demon's Souls look just like uncracked stones of ephemeral eyes. In fact, all of the eye stones have the tapir face on them

[@heathenly_aesthetic7233]

Such a mesmerizing piece! I recently ordered a large with a matte finish. 💖

[@lucassilvadedeus]

MtG is an obvious influence. It's the ultimate master of telling not only a story but building worlds through mere card texts. I can't help but imagine it was the main inspiration for the way Miyazaki tells his stories.

[@teotalks8806]

I just wanna say i really dig what you've learned to do with your platform. Lots of exposure and good for the game, the community, and the talent who's work you showcase in these videos and the artwork. Rad stuff, man.

[@pious83]

I thought I knew a lot of Demon's Souls. Never even heard of that Leechmonger one.

[@BigMac87963]

pious83 Me neither! I always wondered why the loot was different each playthrough

[@The8BitJedi]

A friend of mine got me into Dark Souls not long after it released by buying me a copy as a birthday gift, not knowing the lifelong fan he would create. Over the course of my Soulsborne journey I found you, and I have tagged along for many years. Thank you for all your content and this amazing piece of art. I'll be sure to tweet a picture when it arrives 😉

[@joelorozco]

Beautiful art. Purchased the large matte. Thanks for the great content. Cheers!

[@MrJohnthegamerHD]

In terms of the Astora Straight Sword, I'd theorize that the text "The setting of the Sun was delayed, a wound cuts deeper into humanity" is likely in reference to the end of the Age of Fire coming to an end. The wound cutting deeper into humanity is when the player links the fire, causing further delay to the inevitable Age of Men (or Age of Dark) as referenced in the first game. If this were the case, that would provide a further explanation as to why Oscar had travelled to the Undead Asylum in Dark Souls 1: he could not bear to see the setting of the sun be delayed further, and would risk his life to see the Age of Men come about. This might even provide an explanation for his cut role in the game, as we know that he sides with Kaathe at the end of the game and will challenge you. Perhaps because the player chose to link the fire, he thought to take matters into his own hands? I know this is the inscription on the Astora Straight Sword from Dark Souls 3, but the entire theme of that game is that the worlds are colliding together. It would not surprise me that an old Astoran Straight Sword with such an inscription exist even in a cycle so seemingly long after the first game.

[@KondaK69]

It’s sad that the site has no delivery to Russia.

[@nimrodag]

Or Peru...

[@federicoibarra7975]

@@nimrodag or Argentina...

[@Wowguy233]

or Jupiter

[@burakkarabilgin7187]

or Turkey...

[@bareloots9488]

Not for the people buying it in not Russia

[@moosecannibal8224]

Very nice to hear illusory wall get mentioned, he puts in so much work to figure out all these weird mechanics and stuff.

[@danielthemaniel7461]

Vaati, you think I didn't notice that amygdala in the painting? Nice design, man. Definitely finna get me one of those displates.

[@lazyspace5749]

vaatividya, you dream came true, demon souls is getting a remake, frickin go watch the vid, come what are you doing here, go watch demon souls remake

[@MrSafer]

That artwork is so fantastic i had to get it.

[@aettic]

I had to do it. I bought the XL version of the Painted World. You got me. Thank you for all your hard work, you and your team & community.

[@MoldyMeik]

Couple days ago I got an idea from your videos that I would like to have some dark souls related art on my wall and now this popped up on my feed. Well I don't have to search anymore and you got a new subscriber!

[@acatwizard]

“The setting of the sun was delayed, a wound cuts deeper into humanity”- could it be a reference to the rekindling of the first flame? The longer the light of the gods continues, the more the age of dark, the rule of mankind, is pushed further back?

[@Woodufuzzy]

Always wanted a cool displate :) Now its on his way

[@orzosobjective386]

Bought an XL one to put in my room when I move this summer. Thank you guys for taking your time with this piece. It's fucking beautiful.

[@marcosvinicius-iq4lp]

That"s one great painting. Congrats Vaati!